Soil Series Atlas

Victory soil series

Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, isohyperthermic Typic Haplustepts

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftATopsoil0–15 cm · 0–6 inABTopsoil grading to subsoil15–28 cm · 6–11 inBw1Subsoil · color or structure change28–36 cm · 11–14 inBw2Subsoil · color or structure change36–51 cm · 14–20 inCParent material51–84 cm · 20–33 inCrSoft bedrock84–127 cm · 33–50 inRHard bedrock127–152 cm · 50–60 in050100150cmATopsoil0–15 cm · 0–6 inABTopsoil grading tosubsoil15–28 cm · 6–11 inBw1Subsoil · color orstructure change28–36 cm · 11–14 inBw2Subsoil · color orstructure change36–51 cm · 14–20 inCParent material51–84 cm · 20–33 inCrSoft bedrock84–127 cm · 33–50 inRHard bedrock127–152 cm · 50–60 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 152 cm (60 in), 7 horizons.

Inceptisols — young soils with weakly developed horizons

Nationally Victory is a small series: 7,368 acres, 15,766th of 24,791 by area. In the U.S. Virgin Islands only three series cover more ground. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Haplustepts. Every mapped acre is in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is the state soil of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Depth
Moderately deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderate

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Where Victory is mapped

7,368 acres in 1 soil survey area, from current SSURGO data.

9.7%

of all mapped soil in the U.S. Virgin Islands is Victory: 7,368 acres, the 4th most extensive of 23 series mapped there.

U.S. Virgin Islands7,368 acres · 4th of 23 series

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Moderately deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Moderate

SlowFast
Parent material
Residuum
Landform
Hills, hillslopes, uplands
Type location
Virgin Islands

How it is classified

  1. OrderInceptisols
  2. SuborderUstepts
  3. Great groupHaplustepts
  4. SubgroupTypic Haplustepts
  5. FamilyLoamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, isohyperthermic Typic Haplusteptsloamy-skeletal particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classisohyperthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Inceptisols

Victory makes up less than 0.01% of all mapped Inceptisols — the 1,993rd largest of 3,264 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

51 cm under a median of 80 cm

Depth to the subsoil

28 cm over a median of 18 cm

Its relatives

Other Inceptisols in this atlas

  1. Victory152 cm · Typic Haplustepts
  2. Berks84 cm · Typic Dystrudepts
  3. Weikert46 cm · Lithic Dystrudepts
  4. Hazleton183 cm · Typic Dystrudepts
  5. Paxton165 cm · Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  6. Natchez168 cm · Typic Eutrudepts

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–15 cm0–6 in15 cm
ABTopsoil grading to subsoil15–28 cm6–11 in13 cm
Bw1Subsoil: color or structure change28–36 cm11–14 in8 cm
Bw2Subsoil: color or structure change36–51 cm14–20 in15 cm
CParent material51–84 cm20–33 in33 cm
CrSoft bedrock84–127 cm33–50 in43 cm
RHard bedrock127–152 cm50–60 in25 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2000-04), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides